Back to back wins have kept the Calgary Flames right in the hunt for the post season. I think it is fair to say that even the most die hard Flames fan would have said Christmas morning that for the Flames to make the playoffs they would need nothing short of a minor miracle. Well since December 23rd the Flames have gone on a 25 game run of 16-4-5 and find themselves one of the hottest teams in ...

Well that game had everything! Goals, Saves, Hits, Defensive breakdowns, Olli Jokinen fighting. The Flames hung on to beat the Oilers 5-4 in the shootout in front of a packed house at the Saddledome.
Calgary came out flying for the first two periods and had a 4-1 lead built up largely on Edmonton turnovers in their own zone, however Nikolai Khabibulin kept making good stops to keep the game fro...

TSN says the Flames will make the playoffs. The blog world says they won't.
What I do know is they do have the ability to make the playoffs. They have the goaltending. They have the defense core. They in theory have more scoring. Now it has to come together. If it does this team will challenge the Canucks at the top of the division. If it doesn't Sutter and co. could be fired by Christmas.
The ...

It was quite the productive weekend for a Leafs’ braintrust inching closer and closer to the regular season, as the team trimmed down its roster to 30 players and head coach Ron Wilson even started penciling in line combinations.
While nothing is etched in stone, Wilson has spoken openly about how things are likely to shake down up front regarding his top four lines.
The team is sufficiently ...